Violets
Viola
Viola (US: /vaɪˈoʊlə/ and UK: /ˈvaɪ.ələ/) is a genus of flowering plants in the violet family Violaceae. It is the largest genus in the family, containing between 525 and 600 species. Most species are found in the temperate Northern Hemisphere; however, some are also found in widely divergent areas such as Hawaii, Australasia, and the Andes.
2 branches of this genus, most-observed first
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Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
Hermann Schlegel — Monographie des toerako's (1860)
Hermann Schlegel · 1860 · p.35
Oxford Universal History of Plants, Part Two
Robert Morison · 1669 · p.747
Latin Herbal
1491 · p.3
Maria Sibylla Merian — Der rupsen begin, voedzel en wonderbaare verandering (1712)
Maria Sibylla Merian · 1717 · p.181
Herbarius
1485 · p.304
Living Images of Plants
Otto Brunfels · 1532 · p.145
Introductio Generalis in Rem Herbariam
Augustus Quirinus Rivinus · 1690 · p.526
François Le Vaillant — Histoire naturelle des promerops et des guêpiers (1807)
François Le Vaillant · 1807 · p.614
Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants
Leonhart Fuchs · 1542 · p.493
Hortus Eystettensis
Basilius Besler · 1640 · p.124
Latin Herbal
1484 · p.303
Commentaries on the Six Books of Dioscorides
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1560 · p.763
In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
Every page naming Viola in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 50829.